Chapter 28: The Art Of Language
"Entrust us?"
King Riku was slightly taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Which country do you want us to help you hire?"
When he said this, King Riku almost automatically thought of the "Kingdom of Prodence," which clearly has a relationship with neighbouring countries, rather than the "Kingdom of Tontatta" outside the suspension bridge north of Dressrosa.
After all, after the Donquixote family moved to Mariejois and the Riku family became the new royal family, their ancestors had already apologized to the Tontatta people, liberated their slavery, and used the "Legend of Fairies" to prevent humans from disturbing them.
Except for a few people, no one knows the existence of the Tontatta Kingdom, let alone that it is located on the uninhabited island beyond the suspension bridge north of Dressrosa.
Kahn's next sentence changed King Riku's face: "I want to entrust His Majesty King Riku to help me contact the little people of the neighbouring Tontatta Kingdom. I want to hire them to help me build the headquarters of the Ross family."
"Mr Ka....Kahn, you must be joking."
Looking at the smiling Kahn, King Riku looked very uncomfortable and wanted to refuse subtly: "Have you heard of the 'Legend of the Fairy' in our country? In fact, that legend is false."
"Your Majesty King Riku, don't be nervous."
Kahn raised his hand to calm King Riku's emotions and said, "I've already said I came to cooperate with you with goodwill and sincerity."
"Let me introduce you; this is my maid; her name is Boa Hancock."
When the subject changed, Kahn suddenly introduced Hancock to King Riku and the others and said something that made both King Riku and Kyros' faces change drastically: "By the way, she is a Logia Rumble Fruit user, and her electric waves can enhance Observation Haki to sense the entire Dressrosa, including the uninhabited island beyond the north suspension bridge."
"Rumble Rumble Fruit user?"
Looking at Hancock, who is only slightly less beautiful than his eldest daughter and maybe even more beautiful when she grows up, King Riku said with a horrified look: "That legendary ability actually appeared in this era!?"
Zizizi...
Observation Haki seemed to sense certain emotions of King Riku, and Hancock very cooperatively transformed her physical strength into lightning power, her whole body shining with dazzling blue and white lightning.
Seeing this, King Riku no longer had any doubts.
At the same time, his heart grew heavy.
Zoan, dragon fruit, phantom beast, dragon form, which is rarer than Logia, and Thunder Fruit, known as the strongest in Logia.
As one of the kings of the New World, King Riku knew very well what such a combination meant.
If it weren't for the young age of Kahn and Hancock, to be precise, if they were already in their prime, they wouldn't need to lower their stance to meet him. They could just send someone to notify him.
Even if they forcibly occupied Dressrosa, the World Government would not come to rescue immediately but would find a way to manipulate public opinion or kick Dressrosa out of the list of member countries with trumped-up charges.
Because the cost of going to war with Kahn and Hancock would be too high.
Dressrosa is just a low-level member country, and the benefits it brings to the World Government are not worth offending Kahn and Hancock at their peak for its sake.
At this time, Kahn had clearly told King Riku that he knew the Tontatta Kingdom was located on the uninhabited island north of Dressrosa, but instead of using his power to seize the island, he went to King's Heights to ask King Riku for help. This showed his goodwill and sincerity.
Language is indeed an art.
These few words of Kahn not only displayed his strength but also the future potential of the "Cross Family," making King Riku feel both sincerity and a subtle threat.
King Riku realized that Kahn was giving him a multiple-choice question.
Do you choose to accept the favour of a future overlord, or do you choose to refuse and offend him?
'Is this West Blue's youngest mafia godfather?'
Looking at Kahn, whose smile was still as gentle as a breeze, King Riku suddenly understood that Kahn became the overlord of West Blue at a young age and the biggest mafia godfather not only because of his monstrous strength but also his power.
What a dreadful young man!
King Liku sighed slightly in his heart, but on the surface, he bowed his head softly and said, "Mr Kahn, I would like to ask, what do you want to hire the Tontatta Kingdom to do for you?"
"I want to hire them to help me grow plants to decorate the island, and I want them to help me create a medicinal garden."
Kahn, who saw King Riku's hesitation, knew he had compromised and said without any concealment, "If possible, I hope to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with them."
"In this world, there are no plants that can't be cultivated by the Tontatta."
"After the base camp of our 'Cross Family' is completed, I will open up channels in the underworld, move West Blue's business to the New World, and develop new businesses."
"In the new business, including drugs."
"So, I want the Tontatta to help me cultivate all kinds of medicinal materials."
Looking at King Riku with an uncertain expression, Kahn continued with a smile, "Your Majesty King Riku, I know what you are worried about."
"I'm not like the Donquixote family who enslaved the Tontatta nine hundred years ago because... I'm rich, super rich."
After finishing speaking, Kahn turned to Mary and said, "Mary, show King Liku our sincerity."
"Yes, Master."
Mary nodded.
Then Mary came from behind the sofa to the front and opened a door that was neither too big nor too small on her stomach.
Before Scarlett and Violet could scream, they discovered that behind this door were not the internal organs and intestines of the human body but a luxuriously decorated room like a royal palace.
More importantly, this room was filled with gold.
Mary put her hand into her stomach, passing through a transparent membrane on the way.
After taking out a piece of gold the size of a fingernail, the gold in Mary's hand was also covered by a transparent white mask.
When Mary lifted the transparent white mask on the gold, the fingernail-sized gold suddenly turned into a gold nugget half the size of Mary and fell heavily to the ground.
Boom!
The sound of the heavy object falling to the ground seemed to tell King Riku and the others that this was not an illusion or an auditory hallucination.
"This is... Paramecia Castle Castle Fruit!"
King Riku only glanced at the gold nugget on the ground and then back to the 'vault' in Mary's stomach.
Being well-informed, he quickly recognized this ability and said with a dry throat.
Such a small piece of gold turning into such a large gold brick... So, how much is the gold in that vault worth?
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